SPORTS
Football Roundup
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers wrapped up the regular season by winning their third straight district title with a win at Perrin-Whitt.
The Panthers won 76-30, ending the game in the third quarter due to mercy rule.
Saint Jo ends its regular season with an 8-2 record and 3-0 in district play.
The Pirates did have some success on offense throwing the ball, but the Panthers got enough stops and collected four interceptions to slow them down while on offense Saint Jo scored on every possession.
Logan Brawner showed up big on both sides of the ball, rushing for 332 yards and six touchdowns while intercepting three passes.
Quarterback Matthew Butler-Everson completed eight passes for 153 yards and four touchdowns. Two went to Johnathon Diaz who led the team with five catches for 136 yards. Diaz also intercepted a pass on defense. Trevor Connor and A.J. Wright each caught a touchdown pass as well.
Bowie
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their final game on Friday night against Boyd.
The Yellowjackets won 48-6 in a game that was not close after the first quarter.
It was senior night for Bowie though a playoff berth was out of the question a win would at least end the season on a happy note.
Boyd did not share that notion though. The Yellowjackets scored on a big run on the first offensive play of the game to go up 8-0.
Bowie’s offense did answer as the team marched down the field, leading to Justin Tucker scoring on a short run to cut the lead to 8-6.
Unfortunately, Boyd answered by taking the kickoff back for a touchdown.
After that, nothing much went right for the Jackrabbits. Despite the defense forcing four turnovers, the offense could not turn those into points after its opening drive.
The Yellowjackets racked up more than 500 yards of offense and 300 yards rushing. Bowie did have 161 yards passing on 13 completions. Senior Colby Miller completed 11 for 110 yards while Devin Melton completed both of his passes for 51 yards. Troy Kesey led the team with 76 yards receiving on three catches.
The team finished with 82 yards of rushing. Clark led the team with 38 yards and scored the team’s only touchdown.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians had a chance to sneak into the playoffs on Friday if they could win at City View.
Unfortunately, it was the Mustangs who earned the final playoff bid, beating the Indians 53-26.
Nocona was coming off its second win of the season and first district win against Valley View.
Despite the rough start to the season and the overall youth of the team, the Indians still had something to play for heading into the final week.
Nocona did not play its best game of the season though. Drives were killed with self inflicted penalties and drops despite moving the ball some.
On defense, the Indians were thrown off when City View’s quarterback went out. The Mustangs resorted to getting the ball into the hands of their best athlete and let him run with the ball.
Nocona did score some in the second half as Ian Hostetter and Johnny Stone scored touchdowns on the ground. Quarterback Brady McCasland also found Charlie Fuller for a score.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.
SPORTS
Saint Jo volleyball opens with victory
In its first match since last year’s state semifinal appearance, Saint Jo hosted Bryson Aug. 11 and took a 25-13, 25-12, 25-21 win over the Cowgirls.
The Lady Panthers lost some talent to graduation but have five seniors ready to have a successful season. Savannah Hil, one of the five, got Saint Jo rolling offensively with a four-point serving string, including a pair of aces. Abby Carter’s kill and Kamron Skidmore’s block helped put the Lady Panthers up 5-2 in game one.
Hadleigh Moore added a four-point string of her own to extend the lead to 10-3. Tatum Morman’s pair, helped by a Hill kill, gave Saint Jo a 14-5 lead. Bryson got within five before a Hill 3-pointer, with help by a Carter kill, put the lead back at 18-10.
After an Olivia Johnson kill broke serve, Jordyn O’Neal served up the final five points, with Johnson providing a kill to move things along.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
SPORTS
Lady Indian VB falls in semis at Brock Tourney
Despite being the smallest school in the Brock varsity classic volleyball tournament, the Lady Indians finished 4th out of the eight teams there.
After losing to the host team in its first pool play match Aug. 14 18-25, 14-25 and also to Class 3A Wall 12-25, 8-25, Nocona rebounded to close out pool play with a 20-25, 25-23, 25-20 win over Christoval. Sy Parker had 16 kills and 7 blocks in the three matches. Raylea Bowles had 12 kills, 17 digs and served up three aces. Maddyn Bowles had seven kills and 14 digs while Paige Davis had seven kills and 15 digs. Baylee Thomas added 11 digs.
From the setter spot, Kasi Castro had 20 assists, served up five aces and contributed 14 digs. Leah Meekins added 18 assists and six digs during the three matches.
To open Saturday’s bracket play, the Lady Indians posted a 25-18, 18-25, 26-24, 25-19 win over Fort Worth Christian. Castro staked Nocona to a 2-0 lead in game one. Kills by Parker set up pairs of points from Raylea Bowles and Leah Meekins helped Nocona negate an early deficit and take a 10-9 lead.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
SPORTS
Area teams hit gridiron for scrimmages
County football teams had their first scrimmage of the season Aug. 14 with mixed results.
Forestburg hosted Azle Christian and Victory Christian. Under a new system with new head coach Cori Hayes, the Longhorns looked pretty good in the coach’s eye.
“The first team looked good,” Hayes explained. “Overall we need to work on our pace and blocking assignments and blocking assignments. Overall we looked good for the new regime.”
Forestburg hits the road to scrimmage Newcastle Aug. 21.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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